The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.

People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.